“He was nomadic. The strongest and most lasting thing you can say about Alan is that he was an original, as original as you can get. He didn’t want any academic guidelines to equip him to reinvent the wheel. If he saw something like that, he’d go the other way.” – Wayne Shorter
Mephistopheles (Track 1)
Wayne Shorter tenor saxophone
Alan Shorter flugelhorn
James Spaulding alto saxophone
Freddie Hubbard trumpet
Grachan Moncur III trombone
Herbie Hancock piano
Ron Carter double bass
Joe Chambers drums
Orgasm (Tracks 2-7)
Alan Shorter flugelhorn (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 & 7)
and trumpet & tambourine (track 5)
Gato Barbieri tenor saxophone
Charlie Haden double bass (tracks: 2 & 7),
Reggie Johnson double bass (tracks: 3 to 6)
Muhammad Ali drums (tracks: 2 & 7)
Rashied Ali drums (tracks: 3 to 6)